HR 1919 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

EATS Act of 2021

Introduced Mar 16, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Jimmy Gomez D-CA

Latest action · May 13, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 16, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2021 or the EATS Act of 2021

This bill expands eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to students attending institutions of higher education.

Cosponsors 111

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2021 to Dec 2, 2022; 60 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	J. Luis Correa	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-TX	Joaquin Castro	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Josh Harder	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-WA	Kim Schrier	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-PA	Madeleine Dean	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Mike Levin	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-GA	Nikema Williams	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Mar 16, 2021
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Mar 26, 2021
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Mar 26, 2021
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Mar 26, 2021
D-CA	Katie Porter		Mar 26, 2021
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Mar 26, 2021
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Mar 26, 2021
D-CA	Sara Jacobs		Mar 26, 2021
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Apr 8, 2021
D-WI	Gwen Moore		May 4, 2021
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		May 4, 2021
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		May 4, 2021
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Jun 11, 2021
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Jun 11, 2021
D-CA	Karen Bass		Jun 11, 2021
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Jun 11, 2021
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Jul 9, 2021
D-MA	William R. Keating		Jul 9, 2021
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman		Aug 13, 2021
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Aug 20, 2021
D-NY	Ritchie Torres		Sep 23, 2021
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Sep 23, 2021
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Sep 29, 2021
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Oct 26, 2021
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Dec 9, 2021
D-NV	Dina Titus		Jan 12, 2022
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Feb 18, 2022
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Feb 18, 2022
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Feb 18, 2022
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Feb 18, 2022
D-CA	John Garamendi		Feb 18, 2022
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Feb 18, 2022
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Feb 25, 2022
D-IL	Marie Newman		Mar 3, 2022
D-IL	Sean Casten		Mar 3, 2022
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Mar 28, 2022
D-IL	Bill Foster		Apr 1, 2022
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Apr 1, 2022
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Apr 1, 2022
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Apr 1, 2022
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Apr 1, 2022
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Apr 1, 2022
D-IN	Frank J. Mrvan		Apr 14, 2022
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jun 3, 2022
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jun 3, 2022
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Jun 23, 2022
D-NY	Grace Meng		Jul 26, 2022
D-NY	Mondaire Jones		Jul 26, 2022
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Sep 30, 2022
D-MD	David J. Trone		Sep 30, 2022
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Sep 30, 2022
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Dec 2, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Mar 16, 2021
	Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee	Referred May 13, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 13, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Mar 16, 2021Introduced in House
Mar 16, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 49, March 16, 2021, page H1414.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 117-7	THE FUTURE OF SNAP: MOVING PAST THE PANDEMIC81 pages	Agriculture Committee	May 26, 2021

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R46817	Food Insecurity Among College Students: Background and Policy Options	Report	Jun 9, 2021

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2515	EATS Act of 2021	Related bill	Jul 28, 2021

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to treat attendance at an institution of higher education the same as work for the purpose of determining eligibility to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: EATS Act of 2021; Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 16, 2021Introduced in House

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